Well folks, I finally got an update on the fate of my Chinook II. It was taken in early June, and now four months later I was informed that despite my long written appeal and all the phonecalls the knife is still deemed illegal and will be destroyed.
It's funny how the decision forms look. Doesn't even seem like they read any of the stuff I sent them. They just say "uhhuh, still illegal, we take it, bye!" without even making any valid or invalid counterarguments to the arguments I made in my appeal. It's like talking to a wall. They did send me a highlighted copy of the pertinent subsection of the criminal code (which I quoted in full in my appeal's second page and a few times from there on) and then a printout of a "similar" appeal where the apellant made only one "similar" point and the rest of it had nothing to do with my appeal at all. It's beautiful I tell you. For all the things I wrote (it was 8-9 pages, maybe 4000-5000 words, with diagrams) not a single of my arguments has a counterargument, and no reason at all for the decision if given in this "informative" package I just received from them.
Anywho, on a lighter note, about a month after the first Chinook II was confiscated, I went and ordered another one, also from USA, and it got here after a customs inspection with flying colors. The only difference between the two being that on this one the pivot pin was tightened just a little harder. So for the customs this one is legal while the other one is not. I've been using it for about three months now...
lol What can I say, system works...?!
But lesson learned, that's for sure. Now I always ask that the sender tighten the pivot pin. Makes it a lot harder to buy stuff now, since not many will do it, but that's life, here, I guess.
It's funny how the decision forms look. Doesn't even seem like they read any of the stuff I sent them. They just say "uhhuh, still illegal, we take it, bye!" without even making any valid or invalid counterarguments to the arguments I made in my appeal. It's like talking to a wall. They did send me a highlighted copy of the pertinent subsection of the criminal code (which I quoted in full in my appeal's second page and a few times from there on) and then a printout of a "similar" appeal where the apellant made only one "similar" point and the rest of it had nothing to do with my appeal at all. It's beautiful I tell you. For all the things I wrote (it was 8-9 pages, maybe 4000-5000 words, with diagrams) not a single of my arguments has a counterargument, and no reason at all for the decision if given in this "informative" package I just received from them.
Anywho, on a lighter note, about a month after the first Chinook II was confiscated, I went and ordered another one, also from USA, and it got here after a customs inspection with flying colors. The only difference between the two being that on this one the pivot pin was tightened just a little harder. So for the customs this one is legal while the other one is not. I've been using it for about three months now...
lol What can I say, system works...?!But lesson learned, that's for sure. Now I always ask that the sender tighten the pivot pin. Makes it a lot harder to buy stuff now, since not many will do it, but that's life, here, I guess.
Or if he takes a liking to your particular blade. 